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A. R. PRITCHARD.

BARBER CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-17.1917.

Patentd July 15, 1919.

IN VE/V TOR ALBERT R. PRITCHARD, OF NEW YQRK, N. Y.

BARBER-CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pat nted July 1 5, 1919 Applicationfiled. novem er 17, 1917. fseriai no. 202,512.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Annnn'r R. Pnrrormnn, a citlzen of the UnitedStates, and residing inthe borough of Manhattan, city, county,

and State ofN'ew York, have made certain new and useful Improvements inBarber Chairs, of which the following is a specifica tion.

My invention relates to chairs for the use of barbers or other personswho may wish to shampoo the head of a customer without causing thecustomer to leave the chair in which he has been seated. My inventioncomprises a chair having a basin so associated therewith that the basinmay be brought into and held in position for use in giving a shampoo toa person seated in the chair, and may be disposed of out of the waybeneath or at the side of the chair when not in use. My inventionfurther comprises means whereby the water from the basin may be drainedoff and whereby water for a spray may be conveniently furnished andcontrolled. My invention further comprises details of construction ofthe mounting for the basin and of the basin itself.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is an elevational view of a barberchair arranged according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of a chair shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2 beingtaken from the left of Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 and a are partial views in section showing details of the basinand mounting therefor.

In the separate views the same part is designated by the same referencecharacter.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 indicates a chair such asis ordinarily used by barbers, and which may be of any known orconvenient construction. Chair 1 is provided with a back 2 to which aresecured two rods such as 3, running parallel in vertical planes andbeing spaced somewhat from the back of the chair and runningsubstantially parallel thereto throughout most of their lengths. Near orat the lower end of the rods 3 they are bent inwardly as shown at 4 andconnected with the lower portion of the chair body, thereby providing ahorizontal portion such as 5, the utility of which will presentlyappear. Carried by the rods 3 is a basin such as 6, said basin having arigid frame 7 at its upper edge and a flexible or vitreous body portion8 of rubher or other suitable waterproof material. The frame 7 has perfoated extensions such as 9 thereon by which the basin is secured to therods 3, the rolls passing throughthe extensions 9. Said extensions havesharp corners such as 10 at the upper and lower edges of the aperturestherethrough whereby the frame 7 may be held at any height along therods 3 at which it may be set owing to the gripping action of theopposed sharp edges 10 on the rods 3. However, it will be seen that theedges 10 are thrown into the gripping engagement just mentioned by theweight of the basin (3 and when the weight of the basin is lifted off ofthe edges 10, the extensions 9 and the basin may be easily slid alongthe rods to any desired position thereon and may be placed on thehorizontal portion 5 of the rods where the basin will hang down out ofthe way when not in use, being largely beneath the chair in thisposition.

Connected into the bottom of the basin 6 is a flexible drain pipe suchas 11, which connects at its lower end to a fitting such as 12. I alsoprovide flexible hot and cold water pipes 13 and 14.- respectively,which are connected to suitable conduits not shown within the fitting 12and which at their upper end lead to a valve case 15 secured to one sideof the back of the chair in such position that the handles 16 and 17 forthe hot and cold water valves respectively will be convenient to theoperator. The hot and cold water are carried from the valve casing 15 byflexible pipes to a spray nozzle such as 18, which can be convenientlyheld when desired by a strap 19 secured to the underside of the basin 6.By interposing a jointed connection between -basin 6 and the extensions9 as illustrated in detail at 30 in Figs. 3 and +1, the basin can beadjusted to drain toward pipe 11 irrespective of the slant of the chairback 2.

It will be seen that the operator may give a shampoo to a personoccupying the chair 1 without the necessity for such person leaving thechair, and that the basin and water connections are arrangedconveniently for the operator when in use without their interfering inany way with the use of the chair for the ordinary tonsorial operations.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. The combination of a barbers chair, a

basin adjustably mounted thereon there being a mounting for said basindesigned to permit the same to lie beneath the chair the chair.

2. The combination of a barbers chair,

rods on the back of said chair, said rods having a substantialhorizontal portion, and a basin having apertured parts aflixed theretothrough which said rods extend whereby said basin may hang down fromsaid horizontal portions of the rods. when not in use.

- 3. The'combination with a chair of a rod Copies of this patent may beobtained for fixed to said chair and spaced therefrom, a basinadjustable on said rod, and connecting means between said basin and saidrod permitting said basin to hang down without being disconnected fromsaid rod.

4. The combination with a chair ofa rod fixed to said chair and spacedtherefrom, a basin adjustable on said rod, and connecting means betweensaid basin and said rod permitting said basin to be placed beneath thechair without disconnecting it from said rod.

ALBERT R. PRITCHARD.

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